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' Beit known thet L'Gm'zrsrmn MACK, of Leipsic,.lutnai`n eounty, 0hio, hnve invented certain-new and `useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby deelere that the following is a. full, clem',

tien of the some, reference being had to the accompanying showings, -in which...

Figurel represents my improved gate in two'positions, the black lines showing it shut, and the red one Y' Vshowing-it; partly o penefl'; andv Figure 2 shows the same entirely opened. f

The object of my invention is to construct a. gute which shell be of cheap and simple construction, and nor liablel to get ont of order, and which may be opened sufficiently for the' passage of' mhorseman, and shut by him withoutdismonnting. In connection with the aborenmy gate isso'mnde that it will require but little power to open the same for the i following manner: l

In the drawings A is the gate-sill, and B C the posts attached thereto.V isennpiglitjgiyeiiiogieiop efpost and the sill A, (and slotted for the purpose to he hereafter deseribed,) havingseeured en'eeeh side of it bars E F, suitably braced et their forward ends, the whole forming s. triangularA crane which Ymoy be swung aside like an ordinary gate, and either way. Between the hars E are 'rollers G, upon which thetop rail of the gnte slides. i with a catch, J, on the post. of the gate slides.

The operation is :is follows: of the lever I, rinsing the arm H enel disengaging it from the catch JQ He then pushes back the ghterl'hich slides over the rollers G and passes through the slots in the 'upright D, as shown n red lines. The gate is shut by sliding it back. All of this miiy he done without the horsemendsinounting. Whenthe gute is to be opened for 'the passage of a wagon or other vehicle, it is slid bank usahurcset forth, and the erano swung esilio, as 'shown in fig. l2. It will be seen that'by thus sliding beek the gele it is balanced. or nearly so, nud therefore requiring but little power to swing or push aside the crane.

Iam nware of the patent of P. M. AckerinanfOetola-er-U, 1866,1as also that of'Georgc (ljFlngg, '1861. These do not claim. I I I l Having thus described my invention, what I claim es new, end 'ilesire to secure hy Letters Patent of the In the upper part of this post is n. roller, K, upon which 'the om] of the top rail 'April 9,

The combination of oust B, latch and lever H I, nte a, t'rinn ulerswin infr and su ortinv frime E F 12),. P g g g e PP a and post @consti-noted, arranged, and operating in 4 the manner as :shown and deseribed,and for the purpose set forth.

A CHRISTTAN MACK.

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.Ions WrNnLn'n end exact ilescrip assafe of waf'ons- :md other vehicles. To accom lsh thisl' rocc'ed in the p o #n v,

To the forward end'of the gate is pivoted an erm-H, operated by e. roll unil lever, Lzv'nnllcngnging When e horsemen. desires to pnss through. the gate he dcpresses the-remi enti 

